Review: Aptamers in microfluidic chips

Anal Chim Acta. 2010 Dec 17;683(1):12-20. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2010.10.007. Epub 2010 Oct 11.

Abstract

This review, covering reports published from 2002 to August 2010, shows how aptamers have made significant contributions in the improvements of microfluidic chips for affinity extraction, separations and detections. Furthermore, microfluidic chip methods for studying aptamer-target interactions and performing aptamer selections have also been summarized. Accordingly, research vacancies and future development trends in these areas are discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies
  • Aptamers, Nucleotide / analysis*
  • Aptamers, Nucleotide / chemistry*
  • Biomarkers / analysis
  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Lab-On-A-Chip Devices*
  • Ligands
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / methods*
  • Nanostructures
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • SELEX Aptamer Technique / methods*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Aptamers, Nucleotide
  • Biomarkers
  • Ligands